Cities draft business compact

Addresses businesses moving from one city to another city

12:14 AM,
Jan. 4, 2013

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The business deal that brought Von Maur - the anchor tenant of Sycamore Mall in Iowa City - to Coralville's Iowa River Landing could have happened differently, Iowa City Manager Tom Markus said. And with that in mind, Markus has proposed a written agreement to ensure future business dealings have the agreement of all of the communities involved, provided the deal is between a combination of Iowa City, Coralville and North Liberty.

"Everyone likes to put the past behind us, (but) we're still dealing with that," Markus said Thursday of the Von Maur deal. "There's the consequence of what's left ...